At many universities I’ve visited, these projects on history have students at the forefront, and we need to make that a part of telling Clemson’s history as well

Come to our meetings, they happen every month and I really want to see you all there

Consider starting a student tour guide guild at Clemson

At UVA, the student who gave that tour laid it all out on the table, both things he was comfortable with and things that may have been more difficult

A member of the first generation of my family who was even eligible to apply to Clemson

South Carolina was the last state to integrate its public schools in 1963

Clemson was built by convicted laborers, the youngest of whom was 12 and the oldest was 77, made at least a million bricks for the buildings on our university

At the time Clemson was built, theft was a felony

Harvey Gantt was the first African American to be admitted to Clemson in January of 1963, but only after a lawsuit that went all the way to the South Carolina Supreme Court

JL: can you tell me more about the Black Clemson tour?

RT: developed a tour through a grant from the Office of Inclusion & Equity, and the Gantt Center is for the time being going to continue that project, also planning to launch it as a Creative Inquiry

JC: what inspired you to pursue this project?

RT: the plantation house- I took a tour of Fort Hill and slavery was not mentioned, and when I asked why the guide said it was too controversial, so I decided to try and find out about enslaved people in Clemson history; as a university we need to be concerned about telling stories that are as accurate and inclusive as possible

SP: mentioned that your group meets monthly, when are those?

RT: Clemson History Implementation Group, usually meets the first Wednesday of each month at about 10am

EG: how would you get involved with the CI?

RT: it would be posted on the website and we will send announcements out to the whole campus when that is launched, and we want it to be interdisciplinary as well

MP: what do you think is the best way to memorialize African Americans on our campus?

RT: some people say we should put up a statue, others say that is a relic of the past and we should look at interactive spaces, like a plaza where there can be outdoor events, etc.- I would like to see spaces on campus that evoke call-and-response and allow people to see imagery associated with African American history on campus, and images that provoke conversation, also need to think about what we can do for the local community as many descendants are still living around the area

PG: Ben Tillman as a redshirt, curious of the coinciding of the timeline of Clemson being founded as a military college and also the redshirts?

RT: yes I have, right after Ben Tillman leaves the office of governor, I have seen many court records of crimes of desperation, and you’ll see Tillman going across the state at election time and coerce African Americans to vote with the Democratic party (conservatives at the time), and Tillman was involved in a race riot in the Barnwell county area where a state senator was killed- Tillman advocated and participated in violence against and lynching of African Americans; there is also a biography with many of the ideas of the white supremacist ideas of Tillman

PH: could you tell us more about the first Clemson group for African American students?

RT: it is the forerunner for the current Black Student Association on campus, we know their numbers were very small, and it must have been very difficult for the first wave of African American students on campus, they tried to create a more inclusive environment for black students, the Greek societies came afterwards, and then today’s organization

Gallery: do you think Clemson should incorporate a policy with rights for the descendants of slaves?

RT: there are conversations about scholarship options right now, but we have to decide what descendants we are talking about, and after that determining if it would be a partial scholarship or a full scholarship, etc. so we have to decide what our parameters are, and then who, and then how much

KM: cabinet will be going on one of Dr. Thomas’ tours, and any of you would be welcome to come along on that tour and also have a good discussion afterwards- it will be Wednesday the 29th at 3:30pm and meet in front of Sikes

RT: please seek me out and come talk to me if you have ideas or want to know more about many aspects of Clemson history whether that’s military history, African American history, architecture history, etc.

Academic Affairs, Shreya Shankar

CU DROP IN RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT THIS TUESDAY!!!

Shout out to Mar for securing printers on selected residence halls!

Graduation Resolution:

Matt and Madison will be bringing this to senate next week

Matt working on Bereavement Policy Resolution

Matt finalized food trucks for finals week!

Working on final drafts of Academic Cheat Sheet

Renting textbooks for one day at a time from the library

Professional Development Committee:

Will be meeting this week

First task to decide which preparation to ask for from the career center

Mar and Kathleen met with Kirsten Goodnow to discuss specifics of major/minor fair this year

Reaching out to transfer council to involve transfer student

Talk of expanding Major/Minor fair to have students from every major there as representatives

Tentatively the second week of classes spring semester.

Exploring expansion of undergraduate research opportunities

Talking to orgs director about organizational research and methods of setting up Tiger Prowl

Unified database of research opportunities in every College

Going with Dr. Griffin to talk to undergraduate associate deans about undergraduate research fair

Working on Academics cheat sheet for new freshman

Talking to R and D about cheaper transcripts.

Tremaine working with military affairs to get exact requests for early registration

CU Drop in Research Spotlight

Please submit graphic designs for CUDIRS banner to email below

Contacting companies to buy podium

Looking for professors who want to present research; submit names if you know anyone

Contact info

Shreya Shankar

843-260-4372

shanka2@clemson.edu

@shreyatheslaya

Athletics, Josh Hutchinson

Updates:

Athletics Updates:

Increasing number of students through Gate 5 on Hill to help with distribution - Make sure you read the email to see which gate you are if you have a Hill ticket

Investigating method for student lead new software system and potentially better third party company

Partnering with Campus Outreach to host an open Student Ticketing Forum with our committee on November 15th from 6-8pm at McKissick Theatre

There will be a representative from the Athletic department to help field questions

Balloon’s at the football games are biodegradable

The issue of using balloons is slightly over the Athletic department’s head - group on campus has already taken it to the Provost office

Campus Rec Updates:

Constituency report coming soon

Projects:

Campus Rec Constituency report - August, Katelyn, Banner, and Morgan

Future Software project - Katie

Ticketing Forum - Campus Outreach and Athletics

Contact Info:

Josh Hutchinson | 803-727-3854 | jhutch4@g.clemson.edu

Campus Life, Jacob Livingston

Updates this Week:

Massive shout-out to David and Rachel for addressing student issues with the hours of the mailroom. If you have any complaints, please let us know ASAP - David is taking them to the mailroom tomorrow and I’ll be taking them to Kathy!

Eno is willing to donate a free hammock stand set to Clemson! More to come from Jade and Banner in the near future.

ALL of Arianna’s possible locations for a public art space were approved by the City of Clemson Architectural Review Board!

RFP was just submitted for new MicroFridge contract - will bring about new commissions contract between CUSG, RHA, and ClemsonHome

Sign up for Ally Training on THIS Wednesday, November 15th from 12:30-4:30 PM! https://cucourse.app.clemson.edu/gantt-mc/student-index.php

I smile every time I think about: how awesome my committee did with the OCHF, Sam Smith’s new album, and Florida State pouting on the 6 hour drive back home. | jwlivin@clemson.edu | (843) 855-2516 | SC: @jacobsayshi | Twitter/Insta: @jacob_livvy

Finance & Procedures, Miller Hoffman

Senate Potluck was a big success. Big shoutout to J Ruday and Driving!

Frank - Unity Walk, 1st week of February, Meeting next week with Johnson Link, Tillman to Memorial Stadium, Still working on a time; Mentorship Program, Spoke with Dr. Trogden, Will meet with Samuel Reinert, Speaking about centralizing existing programs

Catherine - Student Representative on City Council, Spoke with Lucas Anderson, Get someone to shadow their meetings and establish a relationship, potentially build up to a more official position, Maybe make it a bigger position chosen by the student democratically etc.

Jacob - Killian approved the census, Are you planning to run next year? How did you find out about CUSG?Interviews Clothes, Found Connections with JC Penny; Improve PR between CUSG and Student Body, CU1000 subsection for CUSG, Students confused how to get involved in CUSG or understand what’s going on in CUSG, CUSG panelist during breakout sessions during orientation, Contact Erin Mayor

Ashley - Park Clean-up Friday with the Green Crescent Trail, Will eventually be hub of the GCT, Grand-opening of the pedestrian bridge; Food Summit Meeting tomorrow; Unity Event, Met with Dr. Lasser on how best to proceed, Town-hall with leaders around campus

Thomas - Will meet Beau and Housing; CUSG tailgate this Saturday at 9 o’clock, Pulling in all three branches; Tuesday night volleyball! Met with Mike McGirr, Wants to pull resources from agricultural research facilities and put in dining/housing facilities, Work in conjunction with University Farmer’s Market, Contact Ansley Sackett; Fall Retreat T-shirt’s are here; 1 on 1’s with committee to talk about recent events

Beau - Meeting with Housing, Survey getting out, Can bridge students get involved in CIs and Undergraduate Research? Barbara Speziale - Director of CI Program, Program Similar to Eureka! for bridge and general student body, ESP program? PR Wider Conversation, Make a news feed on the front page of the website, Incorporate social media (twitter, facebook), Incorporate We The Tigers, Incorporate official university press releases and emails, What happened to After the Gavel? In the meantime, put the link to CUSG social media, Make weekly videos from President’s Office, Get “Ask me about CUSG” buttons, More tabling - handout food and candy

Contact Info:

Phone: (864)328-7441

Email: mrsumme@clemson.edu

Clerk, Jack Council

Next on-campus event: Tour of the Archives

Tour going to be one day after thanksgiving but before exams

Be on the lookout for a poll in the Groupme about what day works best for the most people

If you ever have any questions or just wanna hang out,

704-488-3242

jcounci@g.clemson.edu

Snapchat/Insta: @jack_council

secretary, kara donovan

Capital Improvement Feb 5!!

Walk-Thurs tentatively weekend of January 27/28: these are mandatory!! It is an absence!! Make yourselves available now (unless you have a very legitimate excuse)

Old Business

Purpose: To update the Legislative Branch bylaws to reflect the appropriate changes to update the bylaws and procedures of the Legislative Branch.

JS: con- move to call this bill to question

SB 24 passes

New Business

Senate Bill 28

Author: Miller Hoffman

Purpose: To approve the recommended non-operational appropriations.

JS: move to open the gallery

BB: since $198 is under the amount of $200 for non-operational for United Nations, why isn’t it operational funding?

MH: due to the fact that the event it is surrounding is a non-operational type event

SS: move to send this bill back to F&P

SB 28 is back in F&P

Senate Bill 29

Author: Miller Hoffman

Sponsor: Connor McCormick

Purpose: To approve the recommended Fall Budget appropriations.

CJ: purpose of this funding?

MH: catch them up until July, barring any emergency funding, and they won’t come back in until Spring Budget Hearings with the other Big 7 orgs

AS: move to send this bill back to F&P

SB 29 is back in F&P

Senate Bill 30

Author: Miller Hoffman

Purpose: To approve the recommended emergency appropriations.

JL: I’d like to propose a friendly amendment, changing “, and” in line 4 to “. Therefore”

Amendment accepted

MR: move to send this bill to second read

MR: pro- Club Tennis is awesome we should let them do their thing

JC: con- we don’t know how much they’re paying each time

JC: pro- we should pass it

LU: move to call this bill to question

SB 30 passes

Senate Resolution 04

Authors: Patrick Gorospe and Peter Sterckx

Sponsors: Owen Phillips and Collin Braeuning

Purpose: To express Undergraduate Student Senate support for the allocation of the Hendrix Student Center bookstore space for the purpose of a Makerspace.

MR: where is the money coming from for this?

OP: this is a start-up conversation, other universities have invested money into their spaces and the rest of funding came from outside donors, and we can also utilize many things already on campus

PG: in speaking with campus planning, we also want to keep the yearly budget for this project under $1 million, so this wouldn’t be a 1-year project, but rather a slower process that takes place over time and with increasing donations

MR: some of those schools listed charge students, so is that something you would consider implementing?

PG: not entertaining that right now, but also a little early to look into the budgeting for the space

OP: some of the schools who do charge are at max pulling in $50k, and they use that as a means to demonstrate commitment from the students rather than funding

MR: some of the spaces listed are open to the public, so how would you all be considering this space?

CB: we want to show administration the wide variety of forms that this can take, but usually schools who allow the public to enter do charge a fee to them

BB: you all mentioned that you would like to use the entire space, but what would you do if they decided to give you a portion of the space?

OP: we would utilize it to the fullest, whatever that may mean, like what we are currently doing in Watt

CB: if we are to share space, we would like to look into sharing with some of the competition teams like Baja SAE, etc.

OP: we are proposing bringing other spaces in and centralizing them like the Bits and Pieces Lab, so not just the Makerspace but really bringing other spaces together on campus

PG: also, if we were given a part of it, it would still be a huge win, and whatever group receives the rest of the space would be a way to increase exposure and drive foot traffic to that area, which is part of the reason why we see Hendrix as an ideal target space

BB: so what happens next if we do approve this?

PG: the proposal will be given to the executive leadership team with this resolution as a letter of support from CUSG, and this would help us be taken more seriously

ZP: how many organizations or groups are competing for this space?

CB: haven’t been able to get a real number on that, but we are the only organization with a proposal written at the moment

PG: from Senator Livingston he has heard around 20, but we haven’t been able to find out what orgs those are or to read their proposals

ZP: from a student government perspective, should we be picking favorites about which organizations should get the space?

PG: in the purpose statement, it doesn’t say to allocate all of the space or to only allocate space for this purpose, but CUSG as a body has already expressed support for allocating space to other groups on campus

MB: since this is such a large space to allocate, what type of initiatives would you take to ensure a wide variety of students take advantage of it?

OP: so in the first semester of the Makerspace, it was a lot of engineering students coming in, and through the semesters the majors visiting has increased in variety

CB: also we would like to put this in Hendrix since currently in Watt it is seen as a STEM or strictly engineering space, and we think Hendrix might eliminate some of those deterrents

LU: would the expectation be for individual labs and makerspaces to give up the spaces they have now and move here?

OP: for most of the spaces it would be both, because their spaces are subpar to other universities at the top-20 level, and they do have specific needs where they require their own space to teach classes, etc., but we want to bring these features to the rest of campus and make it a more centralized location

JC: move to exhaust the speaker’s list

JL: have you spoken with members of the delegation committee?

PG: we have spoken with campus planning but not that committee yet

OP: have spoken with Doug Hallenbeck, and are taking this proposal to the Provost Office

MP: will this space go to 1 organization?

OP: not necessarily, the goal is to start having conversations about this space

Gallery: we don’t have a space for rocket engineering team, and we think having somewhere central like this would be fantastic

CJ: other possible spaces?

OP: having conversations about spaces in the Watt Center, so if the Hendrix Student Center doesn’t work out, this resolution would show that we need this space

CB: there are a couple places on campus that they aren’t entirely sure what is being done with like Sirrine, but these are 3-4 years in the future

PG: Hendrix would also be good in the sense that there is a loading dock, storage space, etc.

CJ: what would the timeline look like if you were granted the space?

OP: bookstore likely not moving out until May, so there would need to be plans for renovations, impact on campus, etc., so we are still looking at what that final timeline would be

AS: if you were allocated space, what would happen to the Makerspace in Watt currently?

CB: that wasn’t really intended to be the permanent location, but the immersive space on the 3rd floor and many other student-led initiatives are looking to get started and could use that space

MPS: move to send this resolution back to committee

SR 4 is now back in committee

Announcements

IK: Athletics is sponsoring a child for Christmas for Kids, the “Christmas Day” will be on December 1st at 3pm, so if you would like to talk to me or Katelyn Sutherland, or Banner Brock on how to donate or sign up

ML: for a quick overview on PR procedure, everyone on Steering has access to the Google drive to get something in the CUSG weekly email, and then for graphics request, photographer requests, etc. all of that information is in the drive as well so please reach out to me or anyone on Steering to get that information; also CUSG spotlight is a new initiative we are starting and there is a Google form to submit people for that

LD: writing holiday cards for children at GHS

JC: so currently no COE senators, and only 1 CAFLS senator, so please let me know if you have any ideas on how to improve that

JC: Dinner with the Deltas tickets are still available, come to me for one

JL: Happy Trans-Awareness Week, would love to have conversations with anyone about what it means to be transgender, also feel free to come with me to a vigil on this Thursday for transgender students

EG: this Friday is ADPi King of the Rock boxing tournament, and tickets are $8, all proceeds go to the Ronald McDonald House in Greenville, location will be posted in GroupMe

CS: I’m selling Krispy Kreme donuts for the college of AAH

FP: pizza will be back next week after Senate!

PG: please come to me with questions or concerns for the resolution to make this process smooth and get the best resolution we can get

MP: tomorrow at 7:30 in Tillman will be a speaker, a highly decorated veteran; also about a month or so ago was a story about a guy who had a car accident and the football team helped save him, so anything you buy at Chick-Fil-A off campus this Wednesday all day will help support his medical bills

JC: please fill out my poll about the archives tour

SP: don’t forget to get your Secret Santa bag

Ian Anderson: open letter to Student Senate, will be published in The Tiger